diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 996773a..387bd65 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - fix whitespace in plaintext conversion (#207)
 - add srcset support (#209)
 - add language support (#210)
+- add extension to expose the DOM for embedded properties (#208)
 
 ## 1.1.3 - 2023-06-28
 - reduce instances where photo is implied (#135)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7e0136..47f21a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ obj = mf2py.parse(url="http://tommorris.org/")
 
 ### Extensions
 
+Use `expose_dom=True` to expose the DOM of embedded properties.
+
 ---
 
 `parse` is a convenience method that actually delegates to
diff --git a/mf2py/parse_property.py b/mf2py/parse_property.py
index 30c565a..3d2222b 100644
--- a/mf2py/parse_property.py
+++ b/mf2py/parse_property.py
@@ -94,14 +94,13 @@ def datetime(el, default_date=None):
     )
 
 
-def embedded(el, root_lang, document_lang, base_url=""):
+def embedded(el, base_url, root_lang, document_lang, expose_dom):
     """Process e-* properties"""
     for tag in el.find_all():
         for attr in ("href", "src", "cite", "data", "poster"):
             if attr in tag.attrs:
                 tag.attrs[attr] = try_urljoin(base_url, tag.attrs[attr])
     prop_value = {
-        "html": el.decode_contents().strip(),  # secret bs4 method to get innerHTML
         "value": get_textContent(el, replace_img=True, base_url=base_url),
     }
     if lang := el.attrs.get("lang"):
@@ -110,4 +109,8 @@ def embedded(el, root_lang, document_lang, base_url=""):
         prop_value["lang"] = root_lang
     elif document_lang:
         prop_value["lang"] = document_lang
+    if expose_dom:
+        prop_value["dom"] = el
+    else:
+        prop_value["html"] = el.decode_contents().strip()
     return prop_value
diff --git a/mf2py/parser.py b/mf2py/parser.py
index 5cba036..9ae691f 100644
--- a/mf2py/parser.py
+++ b/mf2py/parser.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from .version import __version__
 
 
-def parse(doc=None, url=None, html_parser=None):
+def parse(doc=None, url=None, html_parser=None, expose_dom=False):
     """
     Parse a microformats2 document or url and return a json dictionary.
 
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ def parse(doc=None, url=None, html_parser=None):
       html_parser (string): optional, select a specific HTML parser. Valid
         options from the BeautifulSoup documentation are:
         "html", "xml", "html5", "lxml", "html5lib", and "html.parser"
+      expose_dom (boolean): optional, expose the DOM of embedded properties.
 
     Return: a json dict represented the structured data in this document.
     """
-    return Parser(doc, url, html_parser).to_dict()
+    return Parser(doc, url, html_parser, expose_dom).to_dict()
 
 
 class Parser(object):
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ class Parser(object):
         options from the BeautifulSoup documentation are:
         "html", "xml", "html5", "lxml", "html5lib", and "html.parser"
         defaults to "html5lib"
+      expose_dom (boolean): optional, expose the DOM of embedded properties.
 
     Attributes:
       useragent (string): the User-Agent string for the Parser
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ class Parser(object):
     ua_url = "https://github.com/microformats/mf2py"
     useragent = "{0} - version {1} - {2}".format(ua_desc, __version__, ua_url)
 
-    def __init__(self, doc=None, url=None, html_parser=None):
+    def __init__(self, doc=None, url=None, html_parser=None, expose_dom=False):
         self.__url__ = None
         self.__doc__ = None
         self._preserve_doc = False
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ def __init__(self, doc=None, url=None, html_parser=None):
                 "version": __version__,
             },
         }
+        self.expose_dom = expose_dom
         self.lang = None
 
         # use default parser if none specified
@@ -372,7 +375,7 @@ def parse_props(el, root_lang):
                         embedded_el = copy.copy(embedded_el)
                     temp_fixes.rm_templates(embedded_el)
                     e_value = parse_property.embedded(
-                        embedded_el, root_lang, self.lang, base_url=self.__url__
+                        embedded_el, self.__url__, root_lang, self.lang, self.expose_dom
                     )
 
                 if root_class_names:
diff --git a/test/test_parser.py b/test/test_parser.py
index a781619..b5b5ee9 100644
--- a/test/test_parser.py
+++ b/test/test_parser.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 from unittest import TestCase
 
+import bs4
 import mock
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
@@ -191,6 +192,13 @@ def test_embedded_parsing():
     )
 
 
+def test_embedded_exposed_dom():
+    result = parse_fixture("embedded.html", expose_dom=True)
+    content = result["items"][0]["properties"]["content"][0]
+    assert "html" not in content
+    assert isinstance(content["dom"], bs4.element.Tag)
+
+
 def test_hoisting_nested_hcard():
     result = parse_fixture("nested_hcards.html")
     expected = [